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Downtown
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's Museum!
Georgetown
Tudor Place offers unique and intimate settings perfect for special occasions.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Virginia
The iconic riverside estate of George Washington. Open daily, 365 days a year.
Anacostia
Welcome to the Anacostia Community Museum
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
National Mall
The oldest museum of modern and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean art in the United States
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
The National Portrait Gallery gives visitors a chance to meet fascinating Americans from more than 225 years of history in its halls
Permanent collection and exhibitions of American crafts. This gem of a museum, located in a historic building near the White House, is dedicated to exhibiting the finest American crafts from the 19th century to the present
Find Inspiration at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
Plan your Smithsonian visit
Wesley Heights
The Kreeger Museum is a DC art museum focused on Impressionism, early Modernism, and Contemporary sculpture.
National Museum of the American Latino
